The Majority Of the Flashbacks Were Unnecessary

I really and truly loved some of the LOST flashbacks: “Numbers”, “Man of Science, Man of Faith”, “The 23rd Psalm” any of Locke’s flashbacks…they were all great and helped to flesh out the characters we were watching as well as provide clues to the mysteriously mystical happenings on the island. However, not every episode of LOST needed a flashback. Some of them were downright dreadful like “Stranger In A Strange Land” (which is still the one episode of this show I refuse to ever watch again), most of Kate’s flashbacks were not very good either and Michael’s flashbacks just served to make me care even less about a character I already had high levels of apathy towards.
Maybe less flashbacks would have freed up the writers to spend a bit more time and energy coming up with a decent idea of just what the hell was going on with the island/The Others/Dharma and not letting buckets full of plot threads go unresolved.